2017 Three-Point Contest Participants Announced

Defending Three-Point Contest winner Klay Thompson will return on All-Star Saturday Night against a field of three other All-Stars. The full list includes:

Klay Thompson (third appearance)

Kemba Walker

Kyrie Irving (fourth appearance)

Kyle Lowry (second appearance)

Wesley Matthews (second appearance)

Nick Young

Eric Gordon

CJ McCollum (second appearance)

With the exception of Irving (tied for twentieth), all the players are in the top-12 for three-pointers made. Gordon’s second with 170, trailing Stephen Curry. Gordon, Lowry, Thompson and Thomas are third-through-sixth in percentage entering Thursday’s games.

First-time participants include Kemba Walker, Nick Young and Eric Gordon. Kyrie Irving won the Contest in 2013. The Three-Point Contest gets underway on Saturday, February 18 on TNT.